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MOORE'S &B&AL KEW-YOKKEa. 



M . IS'; 



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: beta 



thermometer has not been so low before 

 «t twenty ycara." 

 At Camden, Oneida county, the thermometer 



I rent down to i-'i', and a*. Edtnonston, 

 Otsego county, to 3<. 



The telegraph for that date furnished the follow 

 ing figures :— " Oswego, foot ot snow ; thermomctci 

 SO* below aero, reported 23* below in I 

 Ogdensborg, S6* below: Wafertown. 80" below; 

 Kulton, £0* below; Phoenix, 8S" below; Hudson, 

 ■low; Troy, 17* below; i; u ff.il n, SO' below ; 

 Boston, 5* below; Portland, Me., 17' below, snoiv- 

 . ' 

 Blow; Burlington, IS" below; Rouse's 

 Point N- V., ... J 



The London* (C. W.) Frt« ftm says:— "The 

 h OB late as Thursday was remark- 

 ibty mild mid genial, the like not hiring beco 

 known for sixteen years previous, ut the same 

 period of the year, suddenly changed to 

 frost. And s ' 

 yesterday mo 



below zero. In almost every house the food and 

 fluid* were entirely trozen, and much suffering 

 have been felt among the poor. During the 

 day the cold continued very severe, the thcrmome- 

 teruut 11 mii s «bovc o" below zero in exposed situa- 

 tions, the night closing n. with renewed seventy." 

 The records of the weather at Mont real show that 

 ■ ■ Horn January fltb to 18th, together, 

 form the coldest weather for twenty-nine years. 

 On tbe lltli, the mercury marked S3 degrees below 

 EQH>. At St, Martin's, near Montreal, on the 10th, 

 the spirit thermometer marked J3.6" below zero. 



t become thai 5 o'clock 



Congressional Proceedings. 



BUMTS.— The amendment declaratory of the 

 fgbt of expatriation, and that asserting that the 

 capture of Walkeh wax within the lei lei andflplrft 



)nsof the Secretory of the Navy, bu1 

 withont authority of law, were rejected, as was 

 also the amendment condemnatory of Commodore 

 Haiili)i\o. The President, in reply to Mr. Sew 



Ann's resolution, informed (he .Senate that Ihi 

 Wanderer had landed a cargo of Africans; also 

 that every effort is being made to bring the guilty 



parties to justice, but that it ik not expedient > 



to make the correspondence public. 



The 1 fuller lorthe I'ueilie Railroad have been a 

 " bone of contention " during the week. The only 

 tier, was (he ndonf 

 uHWed by 



which the iron horse is to travel. This amendment 

 of Mr. I)., provides that any contract made by the 

 ball he submitted by him to Congress, 

 ■ ' take effect only by joint resolution. 



OCSB.— -Mr. Harksdalc, of Mississippi, offered 



''< "■ '• '' '■'.''" ' '"""'one.'d ii!j".in-i 1 ;n j, ,!),■■. 



Pouicii Inteliijenee. 

 iiAss*r niBETm _ The UoMe re.ctept^ HtirBT 



W Stales Senator on the l~th inst.. 



gmnghim lyj against -"> for Cal _. 

 Uiurouun. 



CoxxxcftcoT.— The Republican State OonrenUon 

 met io New IlaTen on 1 



of New London, wot elect* ; 1 



Got BncxaOBM ami :, 



ticket were renominated. The first resolution de- 

 clares the Republican parlj of that St 



the principles which they bare hercl 



tamed upon matters or .Sta;e nnd .\ .,'. 



Dela\v*ce:,— Thcllnn. WilLaim. SniLTSBunr, of 

 lesSenatoi for 

 ie State of Delaware, bj I 



(lov. EjutDALL"a Message J - 



livercd on t . 



the Slate are in a favorable condition, and me 

 Governor thinks that not more than $800,000 will 

 ■ entyear. Liberal appro- 

 prialionafor completing the Lunatic Asylum and 

 House of Refuge are recommended. The Gover- 

 the Mortgage Stay law, which he tbiuk s 

 greatly misrepresented at home and 

 abroad. Hcrci:onimer).l^ legislation a-ainst usury 

 is opposed to SJale aaaumption, 4a, Ac., 4c 



KXOTOOKT.- -The Kentucky Pen,. State Con- 

 vention adopted a platform endorsing the Cincin- 

 nati platform and the Died Scott Decision, encour- 

 aging tboocqnialtionDf Cuba, denouncing secti 

 1 the North and Know NothingiBm 

 dorsing the Administration, and proposing that 

 I. he determination of their differences upon minoi 

 nduneasentio] points, such as Kansas and Lecomp 

 niism, shall not be permitted to disturb the bar 

 lony of the Democracy of Kentucky. Brbme 

 BftcoFKix received the nomination for Go 

 lorn for Lieut. Governor. 

 ■The lion. w». PnTPxasBMnxs h 

 elected United States Senator from Maine. 

 years from the 4th of J! 



JfciBS IJnrngrnnl); 



Ir is said lhal the fans,™ of Q„i„„, Michigan, 



l~-l. Ihe trcaiher bene 



lb ApHI. There bad beta „„l, „„, cuidcrable 



Lhisnintcr. 



It is ... ulItBd that the ree.ll of Lord Napier 



due to French influence. Louis Napoleon il t> 



ill of an Anglo-American alliance 



l, " !l I I '•■'■"■ >. :-,., , ,.„ mtajtUttedu 



bring about. To prevent Lbia hi, 

 Published. 



LETTie from Madrid >.;, : j. «'o hare recoired 

 s here of a terrible calastro|.he. Tbe rich lead 

 BB ol Liuaies. belonging Io the Slate, have 

 ID io, find, il is said, buried iu their ruins maio 



earth is attributed t( " 



£f)C Xcims -XonkuGcr. 



bul 



e making efforts nt Knoxville, Tenn., to 



in asylum for inebriates. Mm, la,- to the 

 n a smaller scale) now being erected nt 



A TEACHEii at Newport* R. I., has been fined $20 

 nd costs, for inflicting excessive corporeal punisb- 

 lent on one of bis pupils. A part or the evidence 



) the ewe was a pair of pantaloons, which the boy 



ad on when punished. The panto— o new p 



mdeof stout woolen cloth and linrd— u , , ,- ,.■„('. 

 irouizh 111 fourteen different places, as cleanly as 



dmie Hitlt a slt.oj. kiole. Tin- punishment ,viji 



iflicted with a cowhide. 



Thb Washington correspondent of the Pliilndel- 

 hia Press says 12,495 dead letters cntitainiitg 

 t6%m, wore received at the dead lei 



Washington during the past year. 



Green Ihiy. Wis., ftore are 

 th.r.y-six saw-mills, will, an aggregate capacity 



>r running 40O,0(W,fiUO feet of lumber annual I * 



.nd this does not take inf 



id lath manufactured. 



OK U troubling U>o TJliraim. 

 ftTCT has driv P , q 

 "•borne. 



W, oTTodd C«,.K 



— Over St2,000 pupils attend the luilio Schooll 



— Ker. Theodoro Parker, or Boston, Is going t 



H 

 n >r ButTnlo decrcsscd nearly t 



— Anthracite coal from 



— Tbe bill abolishing all lotteries In O core! a, at 

 'une, 1839. has become a law. 



— There were 8^(80 marrlaga In Clnehmatl In ir 

 40 less than ihe prorlona rear. 



In Illinois [be 

 new Minister 



ivsiiBpensinn brWgi 

 ii reported II 



El Ml Pi tl ■■ ■ ■ I': .: u [a requested to 



"■^" l (l " ffovi Hoti ■■■ \a Oi il column of next page. 



1,1,1 l""" 1 reader mora thol the aotlesa .„ ., 



inn. I. tniK'l.v and n,<,.,,,-iin;. mi,,,,, 



oi attanfire aouatdai atloo and ■ tiggo lii q ol 



■ ■■■■ 'in.- pari ol Ruroliil . 



The Recent Cold Term. 



"■»■■ 11"' ni'.'lil ol l.'ri.lny, IN,- ,11, 



able and unluukcd lor change 111 



'' I efor a large pop* 1 "" »» " 



IfiddleS 



« weather oe- 



Baatern and 



tnomingol thai 



throughout the greater porUon 



tod Uie iii, 



Il ""' ■• '" '■' ■ forty-eighl boon thereaflcr the 

 ivmnl nnlieaU'd from is" io 42' below kcio. We 

 giro baton the condensed itatamenta ol the oondi- 

 lionof the atmosphere, and its peculiar eflbcta as 

 reported by oar axi 

 The Brooklyn sage, E. Ubbiait, writes the New 



i'o>lrl ,!a!,- Mundav, Iml, ,,„[ . .. Tlll , 



present cold term ennmenced here in tbe night of 



1 k >" s *>«fday laat, about midnight. It was 



"' u I ledby rain, and commenced with 



■now; at 11 a.m., a „d u m. today thi bampara 



lure,bythaimomoter.axpoBed loth. ,,,„] 



>so belowien thelow, l parataro recorded 



aen dunnj 1 period of wo#n*yy««. The 



""■ D I ild 'bus fur in the term was at i-,] llv * 



In oommuttng upon the fbregoli 

 Tim ^ronarki "Peopl. suddenly began to dis 

 : Intwnnd reg: 



did D ■■ IOJ I;. ,■ M I bl ■ ,; ,-,, 



bom ad down, didn't know what to make 



■ 



Hunnh-lier. There nmsl 



have been l« riblo - .!,,, poor „ lui 



defences agoinj 



■ 

 or ship, 011 lllc C0MU SoTcml eases of suffering 

 3^ ""dj Uvn reported, and one , , 



been n.-tually frooen Io death. The 



. . 



"I '"";, i.».dof.u„, 



> I, a thousand 



■ ■-.. 



lows, had and 



1 >r harbor' - 



The Dtioa flMd uya (hat in that city on Xt 



vmjn au« IU tn«t < 



tie thermometer ranged 



ietv - wiih ■ it .««"_:.:«." 



hare befon- 1 , . ■ 



il-crammou* 

 bos iodicstctl a depot of cold below i.-ro »nd f 

 00 instance has the mercury 1'jdltu u ] ow ttJ . 

 did yeaterday morn ing. On the Itfth of Januarr 

 I at U' below icrv>. Duriog 

 tbo whole period of lhirtr-se»en year, there were 

 daya where ihe thermometer marked 

 below wr,,. |»r !U>riM , states ( . 

 , below tero; at 6 AM 



present ed 

 Mr. Smith, of Va., moved lo lay the 



j'eet OU the table. Negatived, S2 ngainst 



A substitute for the report of the Committee oi 



Porotgn Affbira, tendering thanks to Com. Pauld 



ing and hia oflicer3, was adopted by ;i'j against '.l'. 

 The Indian appropriation bill was passed, and 



the House adjourned. 



Affairs at Washington. 



relating to our foreign policy, had been 



either from England or France, but has thus far 

 1 1 in writing. The Forei 



The House Committee on Foreign Affairs have 



port a bill similar to that of Senator 



BUdeU, who proposes to place in the bands of the 



President 180,000,0001 •gotiata for Owparohue 



ofCuba- There n II bi 1 mi mritj report. 



Tub Treasurer's state 

 subject to dratt of $8,116,000, The receipts of the 

 , .-..ono-nn increase over last iroei of 

 I 

 "SS8.000, and drafts paid 



1 .-loir/nii' 



Tu, Bl 



l; 1 Hill, nilh all proposed 



substitute* and amend,,,,-,. 



Imposing of 

 . \i .', ■ -=■ _r : - 



Tna PosUMaster General, it 

 un presented a I, ■ | , - (l 



■, has expressed tbe opinion that the only wi 

 render the I'ost-Otlicc self-sustaining 



the basis of the law of 184 

 Com postage of 6vc cents and aboliab the franking 

 privilege. 



it Eiiig ratios .—France, with a population 

 _._ thir-.y-hve millions, baa furnished but a 

 comparatively small contingent to the European 

 "'""'on. During the last ten J ears, two million 



Great Britain and Ireland, and from Gcr- 

 . oe million two hundred thousand, while 

 "»*«*. iu ib e »«,„. period, sent forth only two 



Thb RuiiAL as a PftEsesr.— Our offer to : 

 ie BuitAL at the lowest club rate (only $1 

 j ear) when sent as u present to distant friends 

 relatives lb rooeiring numerous responses, aud 

 doubt making monygUd hearts iu various p 

 and Uu Old World. Many of 

 readers order from three to ten OOpiei 

 tion among connexions and friends widely sep 

 ted. Within " 



Statu, 



localities, and another te 

 . raiding in rario 



Canada, Ac. Our books 



who wish to send a valuable pitttu. 

 friends— one which will remind them 

 of the yea 



n, .-in, ..:;.. 



—The 

 of life and property was not 

 the fearful explosion of the mag- 

 . on the 29th of September. On 

 tbe 53-d alt,, the bodies of tws 

 dug from under the ruins, who bad probably died 

 although there wi 



enough in and around the cilv to hare 



every stone within a day after' the occurrence of the 

 accident. 



